Challow Novices' Hurdle

Grade 1 race
Challow Hurdle

Location	Newbury Racecourse Newbury, England
Race type	Hurdle race
Sponsor	Sportingbet
Website	Newbury
Race information
Distance	2m 5f
Track	Turf, left-handed
Qualification	Four-years-old and up
Weight	11 st 7 lb (4yo); Allowances 7 lb for fillies and mares
Purse	£35,000 (2010) 1st: £19,953

The Challow Novices' Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run at Newbury over a distance of about 2 miles and 5 furlongs (4,225 metres), and during its running there are ten hurdles to be jumped. The race is for novice hurdlers, and it is scheduled to take place each year in late December or early January.

Winners since 1987–88

• actual year of race highlighted in bold – when in January, the minimum age is 5-y-o

Season	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer
1987–1988	Slalom	7	John White	Michael Robinson
1988–1989	Green Willow	6	Peter Hobbs	Josh Gifford
1989–1990	Forest Sun	4	Jimmy Frost	Toby Balding
1990–1991	Tyrone Bridge	4	Richard Dunwoody	Martin Pipe
1991–1992	Lift and Load	4	Graham McCourt	Richard Hannon
1992–1993	Lord Relic	7	Peter Scudamore	Martin Pipe
1993–1994	Large Action	6	Jamie Osborne	Oliver Sherwood
1994–1995	Berude Not To	5	Jamie Osborne	Oliver Sherwood
1995	no race 1995–98
1998–1999	King's Road	6	Carl Llewellyn	Nigel Twiston-Davies
1999–2000	Bindaree [1]	5	Carl Llewellyn	Nigel Twiston-Davies
2000	no race 2000–01
2001–2002	Classified	5	Tony McCoy	Martin Pipe
2002–2003	Coolnagorna	5	Tony McCoy	Jonjo O'Neill
2003–2004	Cornish Rebel	6	Ruby Walsh	Paul Nicholls
2004–2005	Brewster	7	David Dennis	Ian Williams
2005–2006	Denman [1]	6	Ruby Walsh	Paul Nicholls
2006–2007	Wichita Lineman	5	Tony McCoy	Jonjo O'Neill
2007–2008	Souffleur	4	Tom O'Brien	Peter Bowen
2008–2009	Diamond Harry	5	Timmy Murphy	Nick Williams
2009–2010	Reve de Sivola	4	Daryl Jacob	Nick Williams
2010-2011	Backspin	5	Tony McCoy	Jonjo O'Neill

¹ The 1999–00 and 2005–06 runnings took place at Cheltenham.

References

• Racing Post:
  • 87–88, 88–89, 89–90, 90–91, 91–92, 92–93, 93–94, 94–95, 98–99, 99–00
  • 01–02, 02–03, 03–04, 04–05, 05–06, 06–07, 07–08, 08–09, 09–10, 10-11

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• pedigreequery.com – Challow Novices' Hurdle – Newbury.

See also

• Horseracing in Great Britain
• List of British National Hunt races